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Cheepy Nas Box
Hi, Another question.. I have a Ultra 4 Readynas - with 2 2TB drives. I was thinking of buying another cheap NAS and replicate data to this - Wanted to keep costs down to a minimum though...
The least expensive is to pick up a second Ultra 4 (RNDU4220-100NAS) with 2x2TB drives already installed. Newegg lists this currently at $717. The diskless Ultra 4 is listed at $560 but because of the shortage of drives, 2x2TB drives will cost you $400 plus. That would be $960. Even using the older NV+ v1 which is $330 (with shipping) you would spend more after putting the disks in.
Even a JBOD box such as the SansDigital 5 bay TR5UT+B (which I have) which includes the card to enable your PC to talk to it, with 2x2TB drives (not in a raid) would still be $700 +.
I use rsync to synchronize my NAS1 (NVX BE) to my NAS2 (NVX Pioneer) every night starting a midnight. It only takes minutes to run. The initial backup using NFS to copy the files over takes hours, but then you switch the backup job from NFS to rsync and after that only the changes to the files are transmitted over.
It the second Ultra 4 is not feasible for you, then perhaps a 2TB external drive or a 2TB internal drive mounted in your PC and back up manually. A 2TB external drive can be connected to the Ultra 4 and a back up job created, but it will take a while to copy all that data. Once I got over 1TB I was looking for a quick and easy way rather than an inexpensive way. That best way is NAS to NAS via rsync, I would never, ever want to go back. It is at times a stretch to get there initially, but once there, all is good. I also back up my critical files to a 160GB WD Passport (I have 2) and alternate them, with the most current stored off site. Initially it was in my desk at work, now that I am retired, it is in my bank SD box. But that is not a full backup (I have over 2TB of data currently).
Even a JBOD box such as the SansDigital 5 bay TR5UT+B (which I have) which includes the card to enable your PC to talk to it, with 2x2TB drives (not in a raid) would still be $700 +.
I use rsync to synchronize my NAS1 (NVX BE) to my NAS2 (NVX Pioneer) every night starting a midnight. It only takes minutes to run. The initial backup using NFS to copy the files over takes hours, but then you switch the backup job from NFS to rsync and after that only the changes to the files are transmitted over.
It the second Ultra 4 is not feasible for you, then perhaps a 2TB external drive or a 2TB internal drive mounted in your PC and back up manually. A 2TB external drive can be connected to the Ultra 4 and a back up job created, but it will take a while to copy all that data. Once I got over 1TB I was looking for a quick and easy way rather than an inexpensive way. That best way is NAS to NAS via rsync, I would never, ever want to go back. It is at times a stretch to get there initially, but once there, all is good. I also back up my critical files to a 160GB WD Passport (I have 2) and alternate them, with the most current stored off site. Initially it was in my desk at work, now that I am retired, it is in my bank SD box. But that is not a full backup (I have over 2TB of data currently).
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